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Show - - - I Wyoming W yarning RefusesSocial Refuses RefusesI RefusesSocial RefusesSocial I Social Security SecurityAid SecurityAid Securityf Aid to Indianf Indians IndiansMembers IndianfMembers Members of the th * congressionAl congressionAldelegation congressionaldelegation congresslonAdelegation ] delegation were requested last week weekby weekby weeliby by the state department of public publicwelfare publicwelfare publicwelfare welfare to determine whether the thecare thecare thcare ( care of Indigent indlgent Indians la is a stat state stateor stator tate tateor ' or federal responsibility respons1bUlty responsibilitySome responsibilitySome I Some of the counties OOun 8 have object object- objected object-I object I objectad - ed ad to the use of their 15 per centchare cent centshare . ! led objectIled share of oC social soclal security costs inproviding In Inproviding Inproviding , ' providing old age assistance andother aDd and aDdother other forms of aid to Indians givIng giv gtv givIng gtvIng Ing as their reason the th * fact theIndians the theIndians I theI I : Indians do not pay property taxesThere taxesThere taxes taxesThere There are 2161 2151 Indians in Utah Utahand Utahand Utahand and about 150 of . them t.hem are over 65 65I 65years 65years 85jyears I years of age Since most of the theaged theaged the'ag-ed the'ag theag ed ' aged - Indldans Indidans ha have ve no incomeI incomethey incomethey Income , they are the potential old age as81stance assistance as I ' sistancc 81stance sistance casesI casesTht casesThe cases casesThe The Tht " welfare department was WM ad advised advised advised I vised by the commissioner comm.lssioner commlssioner . of In InI Indian Indian Indian I dian affairs that wardship of the theIndian theIndian theIndian Indian population has never been beendefined beendefined defloed defined by congress congres.s . but that . Indians In Indlans Indiana dlans diana are citizens cit1zen and eligible beenI toraoclal or for orsocial forsocial ! I social security sf'Curity sfCurity ' assistance shtance assistanceIt B . shtanceIt < ; It haa has been bef'n befn ' learned leanled that Colorado Colo Coloracto Cob Cobrado racto rado Idaho and Montana five give Indiant In Indian.s Indiana dian.s dians diana . the same consideration underthe under underthe underthe the social security st"curfty stcurfty " program as 118 other oth othf'r other f'r fr er ' applicants appl1cants but Wyoming Woming Worntng } refuse'I refuseI refuses refusesto refuse'Ito . ' to give rlve 1l5 assistance < ; lstancf ' to Indians rxidlans IIv liv IIvIng livlog llvIng Ing log on reservations |